Things we did as kids that no one does anymore...
11 October 2005, 08:45 AM
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The Tufty club, anyone remember that? When I was pre-school, I wanted to be just like that squirell. Well at least it taught me road sense.
The man from U.N.C.L.E. club.
Warm school milk, it put me off drinking milk for life. We used to use the straw, a pin or needle, and placticene. We'd make a throwing arrow and throw them at each other, mostly on the back of the legs, it didn't half sting.
When I was a kid, sparrows were very common, you hardly see them now. Also, despite living in the countryside, I didn't see a magpie until I was 14. Now they're everywhere.
Scraping the ice off the INSIDE of your bedroom window in the morning to see what the weather was like.
When television advertising time was only 6 minutes per hour, not 20 minutes as it is on Sky today.
The man from U.N.C.L.E. club.
Warm school milk, it put me off drinking milk for life. We used to use the straw, a pin or needle, and placticene. We'd make a throwing arrow and throw them at each other, mostly on the back of the legs, it didn't half sting.
When I was a kid, sparrows were very common, you hardly see them now. Also, despite living in the countryside, I didn't see a magpie until I was 14. Now they're everywhere.
Scraping the ice off the INSIDE of your bedroom window in the morning to see what the weather was like.
When television advertising time was only 6 minutes per hour, not 20 minutes as it is on Sky today.
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11 October 2005, 09:24 AM
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I feel quite depressed now reading all these - I want to be a kid again !
Always used to think that when adults said 'it was better in my day' they were just being boring old farts, but when you think back on generally how safe our childhoods were compared to now, how ( as mentioned ) a complete stranger could tell us off and we'd be scared of our parents finding out, rather than stabbing the stranger, giving them a mouthful or bricking their house.
Couple who live a few doors down from me have two young boys, about 4 and 6, and they are complete gits, main problem seems to be the parents have no clue about discipline - rather than tell the kids off if they are acting up, they try and reason with them ! like that'll work with a 4 year old !
God I miss being young.....
Always used to think that when adults said 'it was better in my day' they were just being boring old farts, but when you think back on generally how safe our childhoods were compared to now, how ( as mentioned ) a complete stranger could tell us off and we'd be scared of our parents finding out, rather than stabbing the stranger, giving them a mouthful or bricking their house.
Couple who live a few doors down from me have two young boys, about 4 and 6, and they are complete gits, main problem seems to be the parents have no clue about discipline - rather than tell the kids off if they are acting up, they try and reason with them ! like that'll work with a 4 year old !
God I miss being young.....
11 October 2005, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by MikeCardiff
but when you think back on generally how safe our childhoods were compared to now, how ( as mentioned ) a complete stranger could tell us off and we'd be scared of our parents finding out, rather than stabbing the stranger, giving them a mouthful or bricking their house.
Couple who live a few doors down from me have two young boys, about 4 and 6, and they are complete gits, main problem seems to be the parents have no clue about discipline - rather than tell the kids off if they are acting up, they try and reason with them ! like that'll work with a 4 year old !
God I miss being young.....
Couple who live a few doors down from me have two young boys, about 4 and 6, and they are complete gits, main problem seems to be the parents have no clue about discipline - rather than tell the kids off if they are acting up, they try and reason with them ! like that'll work with a 4 year old !
God I miss being young.....
A good clip round the ear, smacking (with or without slipper/belt), kick up the backside never did anybody any harm.
IMO the problem these days, is no-one is really taught right from wrong, punished appropriately and any form of discipline has gone right out the window - don't want to go off topic and this is probably a debate for another thread although I suspect it's been done before.
I mean for ***** sake, prisoners can claim compensation because their conditions are poor - slopping out, etc. FFS they were convicted of a crime and are supposed to be getting punished, as in, it's supposed to be bad!!!!!!!!!!
11 October 2005, 10:18 AM
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Football on the school field with the well known formation 1-0-10, 20 kids all chasing the football at the same time! 
Goal or Penalty? er... with 30 odd years hindsight, I'll have the goal!
Kevin Keegan - "Hey kid..."
The Green Cross Code Man (David Prowse aka Darth Vader)
Goal or Penalty? er... with 30 odd years hindsight, I'll have the goal!
Kevin Keegan - "Hey kid..."
The Green Cross Code Man (David Prowse aka Darth Vader)
11 October 2005, 10:21 AM
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well done reality...
kevin keegan falling of the bike in superstars.
we are the champions
getting chased by the greeny at basildon golf course!!! (he had a whole collection of assault vehicles, including quads, scramblers, and he even used to hide up trees!!!)
BB
kevin keegan falling of the bike in superstars.
we are the champions
getting chased by the greeny at basildon golf course!!! (he had a whole collection of assault vehicles, including quads, scramblers, and he even used to hide up trees!!!)
BB
11 October 2005, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by thundertiger
kevin keegan falling of the bike in superstars.
Last edited by Reality; 11 October 2005 at 10:26 AM. Reason: Beat the geeks with the real number of dips ;-)
11 October 2005, 10:26 AM
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Having your very own Grange Hill riot at YOUR school
Getting the cane or slipper.
Chewing gum machines outside the paper shop
Bazooka Joe
Playing in WW2 pillboxes
Outraging the old folk on seafronts with new fangled skateboards and rollerblades
Thinking 10 of you at the same time will get into watch Sat Night Fever by putting charcoal on all your faces as stubble
Getting the cane or slipper.
Chewing gum machines outside the paper shop
Bazooka Joe
Playing in WW2 pillboxes
Outraging the old folk on seafronts with new fangled skateboards and rollerblades
Thinking 10 of you at the same time will get into watch Sat Night Fever by putting charcoal on all your faces as stubble
11 October 2005, 11:30 AM
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love this thread -
going to france on a school trip and being left to wander round on your own at 12... and being able to buy bangers the size of a matchstick and of your arm!, and french **** lol, and then shatting yourself on the school coach as customs stopped it and chatted with your teachers
going to france on a school trip and being left to wander round on your own at 12... and being able to buy bangers the size of a matchstick and of your arm!, and french **** lol, and then shatting yourself on the school coach as customs stopped it and chatted with your teachers
11 October 2005, 12:24 PM
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Fashion doesnt seem to have been mentioned yet
How about OP jumpers (Ocean Pacific), Pony trainers - the ones that had a tongue that flipped over the top, Klein hooded tops, and when really young dressing in denim and white t-shirts to look like Shakin Stevens (That may just have been us though)
How about OP jumpers (Ocean Pacific), Pony trainers - the ones that had a tongue that flipped over the top, Klein hooded tops, and when really young dressing in denim and white t-shirts to look like Shakin Stevens
(That may just have been us though)
11 October 2005, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Dream Weaver
Fashion doesnt seem to have been mentioned yet
How about OP jumpers (Ocean Pacific), Pony trainers - the ones that had a tongue that flipped over the top, Klein hooded tops, and when really young dressing in denim and white t-shirts to look like Shakin Stevens (That may just have been us though)
How about OP jumpers (Ocean Pacific), Pony trainers - the ones that had a tongue that flipped over the top, Klein hooded tops, and when really young dressing in denim and white t-shirts to look like Shakin Stevens
(That may just have been us though)And those Nike Windcheater jackets, in two colour combinations, had a blue and silver one myself.
And those "global hypercolour" T shirts which changed when you got hotter.
On topic though, what I really miss is that carefree feeling.
( with girls)
11 October 2005, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Dream Weaver
Fashion doesnt seem to have been mentioned yet
How about OP jumpers (Ocean Pacific), Pony trainers - the ones that had a tongue that flipped over the top, Klein hooded tops, and when really young dressing in denim and white t-shirts to look like Shakin Stevens (That may just have been us though)
How about OP jumpers (Ocean Pacific), Pony trainers - the ones that had a tongue that flipped over the top, Klein hooded tops, and when really young dressing in denim and white t-shirts to look like Shakin Stevens
(That may just have been us though)Of course, all this stopped when my mother questioned why a 21 year old would behave like this.
11 October 2005, 01:06 PM
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Who mentioned the Tufty Club? I was in the Tufty Club
When running away from home meant sitting in the apple tree in the back garden for about half an hour then getting upset because my parents didn't seem to care - actually they could see me from the lounge window and were laughing at me sulking
Giving my little sister putty and telling her it was sweets then getting a hammering for it whilst on the way to casualty with aforementioned sister.
Making camps in the woods and making dams in the streams, lots and lots of dams
Making fire in the garage under the oil tank and getting sent to bed without any tea
Going out to play first thing in the morning, travelling miles through woods, across fields and rivers during the day then returning home at teatime...lovely
When running away from home meant sitting in the apple tree in the back garden for about half an hour then getting upset because my parents didn't seem to care - actually they could see me from the lounge window and were laughing at me sulking
Giving my little sister putty and telling her it was sweets then getting a hammering for it whilst on the way to casualty with aforementioned sister.
Making camps in the woods and making dams in the streams, lots and lots of dams
Making fire in the garage under the oil tank and getting sent to bed without any tea
Going out to play first thing in the morning, travelling miles through woods, across fields and rivers during the day then returning home at teatime...lovely
11 October 2005, 01:27 PM
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When my Dad put Shaky on the National Panasonic turntable on a Sunday morning, I'd run up to my bedroom (which had a "James's Room" plaque) get my denim on, flourescent socks, grey slip on shoes and run down for a bit of a dance. My favourite trick was to jump off the Setee just at the bit were Shakey sang "my heart starts beating like a train on a track" (forget the song) and land on my knees.
Of course, all this stopped when my mother questioned why a 21 year old would behave like this.
Of course, all this stopped when my mother questioned why a 21 year old would behave like this.
Not forgetting the toys either, Action Man, and the famous Evil Kneval toy set complete with his motorhome which turned into a ramp.
11 October 2005, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
When my Dad put Shaky on the National Panasonic turntable on a Sunday morning, I'd run up to my bedroom (which had a "James's Room" plaque) get my denim on, flourescent socks, grey slip on shoes and run down for a bit of a dance. My favourite trick was to jump off the Setee just at the bit were Shakey sang "my heart starts beating like a train on a track" (forget the song) and land on my knees.
Of course, all this stopped when my mother questioned why a 21 year old would behave like this.
Of course, all this stopped when my mother questioned why a 21 year old would behave like this.
11 October 2005, 10:07 PM
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how about doing paper rounds and doubling up for some extra cash for buying the latest mushroom grips and bear trap pedals for your BMX then riding 10 miles to the nearest skate park. just to hang out.
Buying your first catapult and feeling like Dennis the menace, telling your parents you bought it to go fishing
clothes, having to have a pair of Farah's and a Lyle & Scott jumper, queuing for over an hour to buy a pair of 'wallabys' at Red or Dead, (i had to have the real ones) lots of paper rounds that one.
then riding 10 miles to the nearest skate park. just to hang out.Buying your first catapult and feeling like Dennis the menace, telling your parents you bought it to go fishing
clothes, having to have a pair of Farah's and a Lyle & Scott jumper, queuing for over an hour to buy a pair of 'wallabys' at Red or Dead, (i had to have the real ones) lots of paper rounds that one.
11 October 2005, 10:36 PM
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What about the Sergio Taschini (spell??) t shirts? Seem to remember that mine cost £23 back in 1984 ish; my Dad + I had to trek in to London to get it ... he was spitting feathers when he saw the cost! I paid for it mind but he was used to t shirts at £1 each or something.
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
"my heart starts beating like a train on a track" (forget the song)
12 October 2005, 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Chip
Yep, I was in it
Do you remember Pippin and Tog in Pogles wood as well
Chip
Do you remember Pippin and Tog in Pogles wood as well
Chip
Now were cooking!!!!
Ivor the engine,
The saga of Noggin the nog,
Trumpton,
Camberwick green,
the herbs,
rhubarb and custard,
mary mungo & midge,
hectors house,
the flumps,
babapappa,
captain pugwash,
paddington,
fashion....
boxer trousers, shirts with lots of straps & buckles (still got them somewhere)
suede shoes,
toys...
vertibird (helicopter thing, well cool, not so though after persuading the sister to put her fingers in the blades
)Turbo tower of power (pump up cars)
nitro racers?? cars fired from a rifle type thing (bloody good once the interlocks were defeated )
simon ( got a couple of them dotted around somewhere)
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12 October 2005, 12:32 AM
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and ...
Radio 1 on 247
Airfix kits; everyone had a Lancaster and a Hercules and a Folland Gnat. Blowing them up with proper bangers stuffed inside. Or filling a syringe with petrol to make a home made flame thrower. Trying to explain the black stripes across the lawn.
Air rifles, everyone had one. Competitions to shoot the heads off the daffodils in a friends garden. Going home before his parents got back and leaving him trying to sellotape the flowers back on
Space Invaders.
Helicopter fireworks that were absolutely lethal. We will never see them again.
Great thread.
Airfix kits; everyone had a Lancaster and a Hercules and a Folland Gnat. Blowing them up with proper bangers stuffed inside. Or filling a syringe with petrol to make a home made flame thrower. Trying to explain the black stripes across the lawn.
Air rifles, everyone had one. Competitions to shoot the heads off the daffodils in a friends garden. Going home before his parents got back and leaving him trying to sellotape the flowers back on
Space Invaders.
Helicopter fireworks that were absolutely lethal. We will never see them again.
Great thread.
12 October 2005, 08:09 AM
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Jamie and the magic torch
Sport Billy
Grifters, Strikers and Choppers
Race n Chase
Running your skateboard through some Dogger then picking it up at the front with it all over the front truck
Building castles in the bottom fields out of the farmers freshly made hay bails.
Sport Billy
Grifters, Strikers and Choppers
Race n Chase
Running your skateboard through some Dogger then picking it up at the front with it all over the front truck
Building castles in the bottom fields out of the farmers freshly made hay bails.